Merry Christmas everyone…Ho, Ho, Ho. Here it is Christmas on the mountain again, and it’s freezing cold…Brrrrrr. Sure do wish I was in Hawaii, where it’s sunny and bright on Christmas Day. Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day. That’s...
People sometimes ask me if I was at Woodstock. Sadly, I have to admit I didn’t make it. Seems it was in upstate New York, and I was here in California, trying to get enough credits to graduate with the class of ’69. Also, sadly, I didn’t graduate until 1970. Must have...
Back in the day, when I was a young sprout growing up in the OC, I got a chance to be in the second grade Christmas musical at Tustin Elementary School. Since I couldn’t sing, my teacher, Mrs. Crabtree, let me play the triangle (a metal triangle that you beat with a...
Caltrans, in the interest of public safety, decided about 15 years ago to close forever the dirt segment of State Highway 173 between Lake Arrowhead and Hesperia. Having driven this road several times in the past, it’s easy to see why they would want to close this...
Wudaya know, here it is November and do ya know what’s weird? I mean, besides Al Yankovic. What’s really weird is these last two weeks. First, it’s Edison’s dang (scuse me fer cussin’ Mom) power outages. Then, they sez yes and then they sez no. Then, before ya know...
It’s hard to believe 62 years have passed since the November 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I remember it like it was just yesterday…I must be getting old. The announcement of the shooting in Dallas came over the school’s PA system while I was...
